Zayas vs. Boots Highlights, Streaming Updates TONIGHT!

Xander Zayas will defend his WBA and WBO Light Middleweight titles later TONIGHT (Sat., June 27, 2026) against interim WBA champion, Jaron “Boots” Ennis, in a highly-anticipated title fight streaming live on DAZN PPV.

class="wp-block-paragraph">Zayas, the 23-year old Puerto Rican phenom with a 23-0 mark, is looking for the biggest win of his career by attempting to hand “Boots” his first-ever defeat, who has racked up a 35-0-1 record of his own. The knock on both men’s careers thus far is the lack of big names conquests on their resume’s, but now one of them will have the chance to score a big notch on their belt.

class="wp-block-paragraph">Many readers check in before, during and after the fights to share their thoughts on all of the action, as the main card kicks off at 6 p.m. ET on DAZN PPV. Feel free to leave a comment (or several) about the bouts and chat with all the other Maniacs during the show — it’s always a lot of fun!

ZAYAS VS. BOOTS DAZN PPV QUICK RESULTS:154 lbs.: Xander Zayas vs. ‘Boots’ Ennis – Boots defeats Zayas via seventh-round TKO 140 lbs.: Emiliano Vargas vs. Bryce Mills – Vargas defeats Mills via fourth-round knockout 175 lbs.: Benn Whittaker vs. Richard Rivera – Whittaker defeats Rivera via second-round TKO 160 lbs.: Jahi Tucker vs. Euri Cedeno – Tucker defeats Cedeo via majority decision 115 lbs.: Juan Manuel Lopes Jr vs. Albert Motos – Lopes Jr. defeats Motos via first-round knockout 122 lbs.: Dennis Thompson vs. Edwin Rodriguez – Thompson defeats Rodriguez via split-decision 147 lbs.: Quincey Williams vs. Jerome Baxter – Williams defeats Baxter via unanimous decision

ZAYAS VS. BOOTS DAZN PPV PLAY-BY-PLAY:Round 1:

class="wp-block-paragraph">Stiff jab from boots to open things up. Four straight jabs land for Boots. Big overhand right misses for Boots. Zayas coming forward. Boots landing with a straight right, then a stiff jab. Boots lands a big left hand and he drops Zayas! Boots goes in with a body shot and he lands another big fight hand. Zayas clinches. Boots to the body. Boots lands a big left hand. Zayas clinches. Masterful round from Boots. 10-8 Boots

class="wp-block-paragraph">Round 2:

class="wp-block-paragraph">Boots off to an early start again with a nice jab then a hook to the body. Zayas lands clean left hook. Nice one-two from Zayas. Boots lands a big left hand. Nice shot to the body from Boots, who looks so smooth right now with everything he throws. Right hand lands for Boots, Zayas is just a step slower to the punch so far. 10-9 Boots

class="wp-block-paragraph">Round 3:

class="wp-block-paragraph">Big left hook to the body by Boots. Zayas clinches. They separate and Boots lands a big left down the pipe. Zayas lands a big right hand and he is rocked. Zayas lands another hue shot and Boots is in danger. Boots is wobbled and Zayas is looking for the kill. Another straight right and Boots is in danger. Boots returns fire and he survives the round! What a fight! 10- 9 Zayas

class="wp-block-paragraph">Round 4:

class="wp-block-paragraph">Stiff jab from Zayas. Boots with a nasty combo. Left lands for Zayas. Big uppercut lands for Zayas. Boots returns with a two-punch combo. Insane action. Smooth right hand lands for Zayas, Boots returns fire to the body. Boots with four big bombs and Zayas eats them up. Leaping left hook from Zayas. Boots with a clean right whips the champ’s head back. Close, exciting round. 10-9 Zayas

class="wp-block-paragraph">Round 5:

class="wp-block-paragraph">Boots comes out early, Zayas with a shot to the body and they clinch. Clean right hand lands for Zayas, and Boots lands a huge uppercut that drops Zayas! Zays gets up at nine. Boots going in for the kill and lands one big right hand after another. A body shot. Boots is landing at will. Big body shot lands for Boots. Zayas clinches and he makes it out of the round. WOW! 10-8 Boots.

class="wp-block-paragraph">Round 6:

class="wp-block-paragraph">Boots comes out strong and lands a big right hnand, then a left. Zayas clinches. Zays tries to return fire but Boots is on fire right now. Jab from Zayas. Right hand lands for Zayas. Boots with a stiff jab backs the champ up. Zayas circling quite a bit, Boots stalking. Zayas is lacking pop in his strikes this round. Boots with a three-punch combo that backs the champ up again. 10-9 Boots.

class="wp-block-paragraph">Round 7:

class="wp-block-paragraph">They trade hard body shots. Zayas with a nice uppercut, not a ton of damage. Big body shot from Boots. Zayas seems to have recovered from the knockdown. Boots with a three-punch combo and Zayas takes a knee! The corner steps in and stops the fight, they refuse to let him take anymore punishment.

class="wp-block-paragraph">Boots defeats Zayas via seventh-round TKO

ZAYAS VS. BOOTS DAZN PPV HIGHLIGHTS:‼️BOOTS ENNIS WITH THE 7TH ROUND TKO VICTORY OVER XANDER ZAYAS‼️

NOW THE UNIFIED WBO & WBA 154LBS. CHAMPION‼️ 😤😤#Boxing#ZayasBoots 💥💥🥊🥊🥊🥊 pic.twitter.com/CKteTwiP5v

— Dan The Boxing Man (@dantheboxingman) June 28, 2026That was NASTY by BOOTS!!!!!!!!!

The second knockdown pic.twitter.com/VTwtC70b4P

— BOXING n BBQ (@BOXINGnBBQ) June 28, 2026Boots rocked!!!!!!

Maybe Xander is different!!!!!

🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/L0QQiIuos8

— BOXING n BBQ (@BOXINGnBBQ) June 28, 2026Round ONE knockdown!

BOOTS Dominates that round!

Action early!

Maybe BOOTS really is different! pic.twitter.com/TO2zU4F3EL

— BOXING n BBQ (@BOXINGnBBQ) June 28, 2026HUNGRY AND DANGEROUS 🇵🇷

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— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) June 28, 2026GREATNESS IS NO STRANGER TO TESTS 📝

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— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) June 28, 2026Can everyone just stop pretending like Emiliano Vargas isn’t a future P4P star in the making pic.twitter.com/t7H2gftXR8

— ITSDAFANTA 🥤 (@itsdafanta) June 28, 2026EARLY second round TKO!

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— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) June 28, 2026Xander is in the building 😮‍💨

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— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) June 28, 2026Power looks good on Juanmita 💥

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— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) June 28, 2026KO IN ROUND ONE 🔥

Juanmita paving his own path 😮‍💨

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